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Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lab
Provides a complete description of the facility and the research that goes on there. The "Synchrotron Radiation Primer" describes the basics of the topic.
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Stanford University: Anglo Saxon & Old English
A selected bibliography for primary and secondary materials, including facsimile texts in Old English, translations into modern English, and scholarship.
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Stanford University: Relative Humidity
Describes what relative humidity is and how it can be determined. Discusses effect on organic fibers.
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Parker Library on the Web: Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: Glossary
Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms, authored by Michelle P. Brown, has granted permission to present a virtual glossary of terms.
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Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: League of Nations
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students solve a problem surrounding a historical question by reading primary source documents. This historical inquiry lesson allows students to investigate why the League of Nations was rejected by...
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Stanford University: Early American Newspapers
This site from the Stanford University has an excellent listing of late 1700, early 1800 newspapers that were on the East Coast, and in the South.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Frege's Logic
Lengthy and detailed, but also quite technical, article explaining the major theorems of Frege's logic. Introduction gives a helpful overview and bibliography is included at end, but anyone without a background in logical notation may...
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Scientific Discovery
Scientific discovery is the process or product of successful scientific inquiry. Objects of discovery can be things, events, processes, causes, and properties as well as theories and hypotheses and their features (their explanatory...
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Stanford University: Spatial History: Distribution of Union Pacific Stockholders
This map reveals the way ownership of the Union Pacific concentrated in New England and New York. It also shows how the West got a federally financed railroad, and the east got the insider networks which controlled it.
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Stanford University: Lesson Plan on "Beyond Vietnam"
A well designed four part lesson plan on Dr. King's famous speech on the Vietnam War in which he came out against the war.
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Stanford University: Spatial History Project
Several individual projects are going on under the umbrella of the Spatial History Project. These projects are developed and worked on by students, staff, and scholars as they expand studies within the humanities through spatial,...
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Sheg: Document Based History: Reading Like a Historian: World War I & 1920s
[Free Registration/Login Required] Young scholars use primary source documents to investigate historical events. In this lesson students analyze historical evidence as they consider eight document-based questions about the post-war era...
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Plato
Detailed summary of the major ideas of Plato's philosophy provided by the Stanford University Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Also includes a lengthy bibliography.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Empedocles
Article about the Greek philosopher Empedocles from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Includes a brief overview of his work and more detailed discussion of his two major works: "On Nature" and "Purifications."
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius
An in-depth study of the Christian philosopher from the 6th century C.E. There is a comprehensive biographical sketch plus nice analysis of his major works and ideas.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Pseudo Dionysius the Areopagite
A highly detailed look at the works and ideas of the Christian "Neoplationist who lived sometime during the early period of Christianity (5th-6th century C.E. His actual identity is still not known.
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Stanford University: Voluntary Euthanasia
A well-reasoned and thoughtful discussion regarding the issues surrounding a person who wants to die. The author examines the conditions needed to make a case for assisted suicide and objections to allowing voluntary euthanasia.
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Ancient Skepticism/stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
An excellent, detailed, and lengthy overview of the ancient Skeptic tradition. Divides into Pyrrhonic and Academic Skepticism. Includes many quotes and a full bibliography as well. A superb treatment of the subject.
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Medieval Theories of Analogy
Read about the history of the use of analogies, beginning in the Middle Ages. Discusses analogies in terms of logic, theology, and metaphysics. Very informative.
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle's Theory
Excellent introduction from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy to Aristotle's political theory. Describes his theory of constitutions and citizenship and includes a bibliography at bottom.
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Stanford Encyl. Of Philosophy: Aristotle's Psychology
Detailed, sophisticated analysis from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy of Aristotelian psychology. Discusses primarily his theories of "hylomorphism", mind, and perception. Also explains Aristotle's famous "four causes."
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Aristotle's Logic
Thorough explanation of Aristotle's several original contributions to logic from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Includes a substantial bibliography as well as sections on syllogism, assertion, demonstration, the "Organon,"...
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Category Theory
Explains major concepts in "category theory," a common alternative to traditional set theory. Some familiarity with the logical notation is assumed. Article does include sections on the history and general philosophical significance of...
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Many Valued Logic/stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Explains the logical theory of "many-valued logic," a modern alternative to classic logic. Sections address its history, notation and proofs, and applications to linguistics, mathematics, philosophy, and artificial intelligence. For the...